Portion of mature Fi-ond, under side.
POLYPODIUM PELTIDEUM.
K u n z e .
P L A T E X L I I . VOL . I I .
Phymatodes peliidea,
Chrysopteris peltidea,
Polypodium phymatodes,
Pleopeltis latifolia,
D ry n a ria latifolia,
Polypodium—Polypody.
J . S m i t h .
L i n k .
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L o d d ig e s .
F e e .?
P e ltid eum—Target-like.
I n t h e S e c t i o n D r y n a r i a o e A u t h o r s .
A n o t h e r interesting D rynaria, with b rig h t shining fronds.
An evergreen stove species.
Native of the E ast Indies.
In tro d u c ed into E ng lan d in 1823.
E ronds pinnatifid, somewhat cuneate in form. Segments
narrowing to the apex, b u t not sharp-pointed. The stipes
and rachis reddish brown. In a frond twelve inches in length,
seven inches and a h a lf are naked. Midrib of veins green.
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